Music
ACDC, Aerosmith, Bad Religion, Beatles, Black Sabbath, Blind Melon, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, CCR, David Bowie, Doors, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Guns N' Roses, Iggy and the Stooges, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Journey, Kinks, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, No Doubt, Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne, Pennywise, Pink Floyd, Queen, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Roger Waters, Rolling Stones, Silverchair, Smashing Pumpkins, Social Distortion, Steven Lynch, Sting, Styx, Sublime, Third Eye Blind, Tom Petty, Velvet Underground and much much more Green Day, Me First and the Gimme Gimmies, Bush, Bif Naked, Propagandhi, Blues Traveller, BB King, NOFX, Millencolon, Coco Montoya, Tinsley Ellis, Black Crowes, Nerf Herder, Blind Melon, Pinhead Gunpowder, Soundgarden, Tool, Bad Religion, Cake, Operatin Ivy, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Four Star Mary, MxPx, Pennywise, Aerosmith, Weezer, Velma Fix, Cibo Matto, Down By Law, Crash Test Dumies, Evergreen Terreace, Goo Goo Dolls, Jet, Rancid, Transplants, Offspring, Reel Big Fish, Hippos, K's Power Metal (in alphabetical order): Accept, Aina, Angra, Armada, Artension, Arwen, Astral Doors, At Vance, Avantasia, Axenstar, Balance Of Power, Black Majesty, Blind Guardian, Bob Catley, Brainstorm, Bruce Dickinson, Cellador, Children Of Bodom, Cloudscape, Dark Moor, Demons And Wizards, Dio, Dionysus, Dragonforce, Dreamtale, Dream Evil, Dream Theater, Dungeon, Eddie Antonini, Edguy, Epica, Evergrey, Falconer (first two albums were the best), Fates Warning, Firewind, Freedom Call, Freternia, Galloglass, Gamma Ray, Gothic Knights, Grim Reaper, Hammerfall, Heavenly, Helloween, Holy Knights, Iced Earth, Impellitteri, In Flames, Insania, Into Eternity, Iron Fire, Iron Maiden, Iron Savior, Ironware, Jacob's Dream, Jag Panzer, Joachim Cans, Jorn Lande, Kamelot, Kenziner, Labyrinth, Lacuna Coil, Lost Horizon, Luca Turilli, Magic Kingdom, Manowar, Masterplan, Metalium, Nightwish, Nocturnal Rites, Nostradameus, Pagan's Mind, Pain Of Salvation, Power Of Omens, Power Quest, Primal Fear, Requiem, Rhapsody, Ring Of Fire, Rising Faith, Rob Rock, Running Wild, Savatage, Secret Sphere, Shadow Gallery, Shadows Fall, Shadows Of Steel, Shamen, Sinergy, Skylark, Sonata Arctica, Steel Attack, Steel Prophet, Stefan Elmgren's Full Strike, Stratovarius, Supreme Majesty, Symphony X, Thunderstone, Thy Majesty, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Twisted Tower Dire, Vhaldemar, Virgin Steele, Vision Divine, Within Temptation, X Japan, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zonata, and probably a handful of bands I can't think of at the present moment. Guitar Virtuosos: Steve Vai, Tony MacAlpine, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Chris Impellitteri, Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Randy Rhoads, John Petrucci, etc. Classic Rock/Heavy Metal: Emerson, Lake, &; Palmer; Magnum; Chicago; Rush; Kiss; AC/DC; Led Zeppelin; Queen; Van Halen; Tom Petty; Pink Floyd; Black Sabbath; Deep Purple; Rainbow; Lynyrd Skynyd; Thin Lizzy; UFO; The Who; Kansas; Styx; CCR; ZZ Top; The Cars, etc. 80s Metal: Anthrax; Black 'n' Blue; Bon Jovi; Cacophony; The Darkness (they do sound like 80s Metal); Def Leppard; Firehouse; Guns n Roses; Judas Priest; McAuley Schenker Group; Megadeth; Metallica (pre-Load); Motley Crue; Ozzy Osbourne (before reality TV); Poison; Quiet Riot; Ratt; The Scorpions; Skid Row; Stryper; Warrant; Whitesnake, etc. Others: MxPx, Green Day (before they became a stable of pop radio), Blink 182 (they're earlier stuff), The Offspring (early stuff), Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Avenged Sevenfold (roots in metal), Coheed and Cambria, The Smashing Pumpkins (pre-Adore), Lifehouse, Guster, Jim Brickman, John Trones, Wayne Gratz, Yanni, Weird Al Yankovic, to name a few. heavy metal: MARILYN MANSON, KITTIE, OTEP, KORN, GODSMACK, OZZY, SLAYER, ANTI-FLAG, S.O.A.D., GODHEAD, MUSHROOMHEAD, OPIATE FOR THE MASSES, DRY KILL LOGIC, HATEBREED, CROSSBREED, ORGY, SLIPKNOT, MUDVAYNE, DISTURBED, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, LACUNA COIL,DOWN, STONE SOUR, KILLSWITCH, METALLICA, HIM, ROB ZOMBIE, WHITE ZOMBIE, PANTERA, ARCH ENEMY, LAMB OF GOD, HED PE, LIMP BIZKIT, D O P E, STATIC-X, POWERMAN 5000, 40 BELOW SUMMER, POISON, PRO-PAIN, LIFE OF AGONY, CRACLE OF FILTH, NINE INCH NAILS, TOOL, DRAIN STH, DEVIL DRIVER, TYPE O NEGATIVE, DANZIG, SOULFLY, SOILWORK, SKID ROW, RAMMSTEIN, QUIET RIOT, PUYA, CINDERELLA, AC/DC..... rock: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, EAGLES, TOM PETTY, FLEETWOOD MAC, GEORGE THOROGOOD, ROD STEWART, KID ROCK, BUCKCHERRY, 311, GORILLAZ, GUNS N ROSES, NIRVANA, THE KILLERS, AVRIL LAVIGNE, OASIS, GREEN DAY, THIRD EYE BLIND, U2, 3 DOORS DOWN, DR. HOOK, JAMES BLUNT, PRINCE.... country: KENNY CHESNEY, GARTH BROOKS, JOHNNY CASH, TIM MCGRAW, HANK WILLIAMS JR., ALAN JACKSON, GEORGE STRAIT, REBA MCENTIRE, EDDY RAVEN, ALABAMA, DON WILLIAMS, CONWAY TIWITTY, ..... rap,r&b,dance,hip hop: BLACK EYED PEAS, SEAN PAUL, BUSTA RHYMES, MARIAH CAREY, VANILLA ICE, MARY J. BLIGE, DMX, SHAGGY, MISSY ELLIOTT, DR. DRE ,2 pac , 50 cent ,